Lead In East Chicago Drinking Water From Aging Infrastructure
City utilities director Greg Crowley addresses residents' concerns over lead contamination in some Calumet neighborhood homes. (Nick...
East Chicago Mayor Says A State Of Emergency Should Be Declared
East Chicago mayor Anthony Copeland says a state of emergency should be declared in his city’s lead contaminated Calumet neighborhood....
EPA Finds High Lead Levels In Some East Chicago Homes' Tap Water
The Environmental Protection Agency has found unsafe levels of lead in the drinking water of some homes in East Chicago, Indiana. The...
Visclosky: Response Moving As Quickly As It Can
A group of Indiana lawmakers called this month for federal authorities to speed up funding to tear down a lead-contaminated East Chicago...
HUD Settles East Chicago Discrimination Complaint
Residents in East Chicago, Indiana, will get more time, help and money to move out of a lead-contaminated public housing complex. The...
East Chicago Residents Taking Steps To Open New Lawsuit Against City, State Officials
East Chicago, Indiana residents are taking steps to open a fifth lawsuit over lead and arsenic contamination. Residents allege city and...
Zone 2 Clean Up Begins In East Chicago Superfund Site
Clean up comes after the Environmental Protection Agency found arsenic in the soil and announced lead contamination levels 100 times...
East Chicago Relocation Tests Limited Affordable Housing Market
Most families in a lead-contaminated public housing complex in East Chicago, Indiana will miss their first deadline to find new homes on...
East Chicago Residents Take Legal Action Against DuPont, Atlantic Richfield
East Chicago residents are taking more legal action over high levels of lead and arsenic found around their homes. A new lawsuit filed...
State Health Department Sets Sights On Untested East Chicago Residents
As the response to the lead contamination crisis in East Chicago, Indiana continues, public health officials are still working to get all...
